Though the question “Where do books come from?” is not quite as potent as “Where do babies come from?”, there are a lot of similarities between the answers, and sometimes just as much drama. Books, like babies, have a point of conception. One...

You’ve probably heard the story before. Ancient mapmakers painted in mountains, rivers, bodies of water, and all that they knew on their maps, but the information was always limited. At some point there would be lands or waters beyond which they had no idea what they...

The difference between the right word
and the almost-right word is really a large matter—
’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.

Write. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don’t write it right, just write it—and then make it right later. Give yourself the mental freedom to enjoy the process, because the process of writing is a long one. Be wary of “writing rules” and advice. Do it your way.

Is the secret to accomplishing more doing less? Greg McKeown believes that it is. In fact, he believes it so much that he wrote Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less to prove it—and the book makes his point pretty well. The premise of Essentialism is...

This reminded me very much about how I got started writing. Check out what he has to say about the process. What I really like is that he goes so old school with his organization. Sometimes it’s important to be tactile like this in your process. What’s...